Here is the manual for the PHP Form Creator. This was designed in order to have a quick reference, as well as detailed information. If something appears missing, please contact me for more information.

Installing this into a website is as simple as downloading the files (please purchase a license and download from the main product page), then uploading them to the root of your website.

Intro

Once this is installed on your server, simply include the PHP/Form.php file in pages you wish to use the PHP Form Creator in.
If you are using the calendar widget, then including the CSS/Calendar.css and JavaScript/Calendar.js is also required.
After including the required files, create a form by $form = new Form($fromFile, $xml), with $fromFile = true if $xml is a filepath, and false if it is a straight XML string.

The PHP Form Creator will transform any XML passed to it into Long Form, so you may feel free to use either Long or Short Form, or a mixture thereof. Please view the XML long form for more information on how all items work.

Long Form

This form of XML is the easiest to read. Most of it should be somewhat self explanitory, but is listed below just in case.
Please view the examples page to see actual examples.

form - required - this is the root node.

method - defaults to post - how the form is submitted, be it post or get.

checkbox - makes a checkbox as shown... also, makes it an array automatically as checkboxes are normally needed in that situation
Checkbox Example

defaultchecked - if true, then this checkbox is checked by default

file - makes a file upload dialog. This will not save anything by default, but you can handle the stuff in your own PHP scripts, or a FileSave under this element to save it.
File Example

filetype - file mime types accepted

save - for security purposes, it is recommended that you write your own file handling, however, this is included for a default with minimum security implimented.
It shouldn't overwrite any files already there. Also, it is set not to save to the website if possible. Once more, highly recommended that you make your own security.

hidden - a hidden form input, for when you need extra info (no example shown)

image - a form of submit, gets the X and Y coordinates. (no example shown here)

source - the image url

inputbutton - instead of <button> this simulates the <input type="button">

label - random label in case you need it for a section in the form
Label Example

select - a select box
Select Example

option - an option, as seen in above example

optiongroup - an option group, as seen in above example, may contain options as above

text - a standard text box
Text Example

cols - number of columns this textbox is (the length of the textbox)

maxlength - maximum number of characters allowed in this text box

password - a standard password box, has same inner xml as a textbox.
Password Example

radio - a radio button, same inner xml as a checkbox, also returns an array for PHP variable as it is an array setup for radios in normal HTML and PHP.
Radio Example

reset - a reset button - it will reset the form back to how it was at the beginning of the page loading (doesn't go back to complete defaults, as defaults are overriden when a form is submitted).

submit - a submit button to submit the form

textarea - an area of text that you can tell what size it should be
Textarea Example

cols - number of columns

rows - number of columns

error - it is possible to check if any of the form inputs have an error with $form→isErrored(); If true, you shouldn't do anything with the input, as this will also check if the form has been submitted.

condition - the condition that this error can checks, if it is an error of type normal

blank - default - item is not allowed to be blank

numeric - item must be numeric

alpha - item must use only alphabetic characters

alphanumeric - item must only use alphanumeric characters

float - item must be a float

int - item must be an int

double - item must be a double

long - item must be a long

date - make sure item is a valid datetime

message - a message to display if the error conditions are met

type - an error conditions type

normal - default - one of the conditions above

regex - a regular expression. The condition is in the form of a regular expression.

numchecked - a type to check if you want the number checked for a condition. If this is the case, then the xml should go condition→min/max. Min will automatically default to 0, and max to any number. It simply checks the size of an array.

Short Form

The short form was created for those who like less typing, and because this is meant to be a time saving device in all circumstances. The first thing for short form is that you may do xml attributes inside of it. After that, most of the stuff is just placed down to one letter. For instance, full form might read as seen below.

Beacuse of this, the following was created. Just look for what you want to replace.

action = a

class = c

checked = ch

condition = con

disabled = d

error = e

hidden = h

input = i

javascript = js

label = l

method = m

name = n

php = p

label = l

message = m

onblur = ob

onchange = och

onclick = ocl

ondblclick = odbl

onfocus = of

onkeydown = okd

onkeypress = okp

onkeyup = oku

onmousedown = omd

onmousemove = omm

onmouseout = omout

onmouseover = omover

onmouseup = omu

onselect = os

style = s

tabindex = t

value = v

PHP

This is the main reason besides error checking that this whole thing was originally created. Basically, the php tag allows you to name an element for use later without having to go through the $_POST and $_GET variables. As everything names automatically, you may use just the PHP variables and input types, along with possibly labels if you would like to create something that makes sense.

There are two ways to use the PHP variables. I recommend not using any until $form→isErrored() returns false, but after that has happened you may call $form→getPHPVariableArray() to retrieve an array of the variables with the names you gave via the PHP tag if you prefer to work with arrays. Or, you may instead call $form→getPHPVariable($phpNameFromXMLPHPTag) to retrieve a single PHP variable.

JavaScript

Of course, there was the javascript tag mentioned earlier, but not much was explained about it. Basically, the javascript tag will take any of the tags you would use in HTML anyway, and add that function to the element.

onblur - what to do when the element loses focus

onchange - what to do when the element changes

onclick - what to do when the element is clicked

ondblclick - what to do when the element is double clicked

onfocus - what to do when the element gains focus

onkeydown - what to do when a key is pushed down on this element

onkeypress - what to do when a key is pushed down and released on this element

onkeyup - what to do when a key is released on this element

onmousedown - what to do when the mouse click is started

onmousemove - what to do when the mouse moves on this element

onmouseout - what to do when the mouse goes away from this element

onmouseover - what to do when the mouse goes onto this element

onmouseup - what to do when the mouse click is released on this element